The (rather anti-climactic) truth finally comes out.  Professional hackers found a way around the security feature on the phone that would have triggered a wipe of all data after four password attempts. Washington Post

“Terrorism” is nothing more than a convenient excuse to strip you of your privacy. Reason

Originally 23 co-ops, funded with $2.5 billion in 2010, and 12 of those have imploded thus far. Daily Caller

“There’s classified and then there’s classified”, said Obama.  More like there’s the Political Class and then there’s Little People.  No consequences ever for the first. The Hill

It’s nothing but a boon for large companies, skilled workers, and robots.  The poor, mentally and physically handicapped, minorities, and small business suffer under a minimum wage.  A mandated minimum wage puts power into the hands of the employer, who now has a much larger pool of unemployed to choose from.  But on the surface, it has a nice ring to it. The Week

Armed with a grenade and a camera, a soldier can fly it close to someone and detonate it, killing the target and destroying the drone. Sputnik

174 gov’t agencies named so far, but no specific individuals, even though he said it was relevant to the current election cycle. WTOP

The DC Madam, Deborah Palfrey, was found hanged on her mother’s property in 2008. CNN

Only behind Finland and Sweden, according the new, and glorious, Nanny State Index.  Finland actually sounds like a hell on earth.  Bans of e-cigs, ridiculously high taxes on alcohol, soda, and junk food, sheesh.  Czech Republic is the least nanny-ish among Euro states, one wonders why people aren’t fleeing for their slave societies for freer air.

VICE.  

Says Libya war was worst mistake of his presidency, but then goes on to say that the mistake lay in the fact that he did not intervene more. CNN